Electricals
Discover the range of services we offer to assure the quality, safety and usability of electrical and electronic products, from batteries and lightbulbs, to computers and audio visual products.
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Batteries
Makes no difference if it’s is AA or AAA, cylindrical, round or square, bought at a supermarket or hardware store, if it’s powering a TV remote, blender or toy car, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, insection and consultancy services:
- Product safety and performance testing
- Non-rechargeable/primary batteries:
- IEC/EN 60086 series
- ANSI C18.1M and C18.3M, part 1 and part 2
- Rechargeable batteries (lithium or nickel):
- IEC/EN 62133, IEC/EN 62133-1, IEC/EN 62133-2
- IEC/EN 61960-3, IEC/EN 61951 series
- ANSI C18.2M part 1 and part 2
- UL 1642, UL 2054
- UL/CSA 62133, UL/CSA 62133-1, UL/CSA 62133-2
- GB31241-2014
- PSE appendix table 9, JIS C8712-2015
- Industry-use batteries:
- IEC 62619, IEC 62620
- UL 1973
- EV/LEV batteries:
- IEC 62660-1, IEC 62660-2, IEC 62660-3
- ISO 12405-1, ISO 12405-2, IESO 12405-3
- EN 50604-1
- UL 2271, UL 2580
- Safe transport of lithium battery testing:
- UN Manual Cl. 38.3
- IEC 62281
- CTIA testing for lithium-ion batteries:
- IEEE 1725 / IEEE 1625
- Technical assistance to enhance supply confidence:
- Battery benchmarking test
- Mass production test (safety and/or performance)
- Risk and root-cause analysis
- Technical file review
- Technical Inspection:
- Lithium-ion cell site audit service
Blenders
Makes no difference if it’s for milkshakes or a fruit smoothie, if you’re on a diet or making a treat, if it’s for Sunday brunch or your daily routine, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Claim substantiation/benchmarking, including:
- Volume capacity & deviation
- Noise
- Container seals performance
- High and low temperature test
- Cell wall-broken rate
- Particle size (compliance with standard)
- Residual rate
- Pulping effect evaluation
- Ascorbic acid retention rate
- Soybean water-soluble protein precipitation rate
- General safety requirement for food contact materials
- Life test (blending, heating life, button cycles)
- Product safety testing:
- Safety (and certification)
- Protection against dangerous moving parts
- Drop/vibration (handheld blenders)
- Supply cord endurance (handheld blenders)
- Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
- IP tests
- Food and performance testing, including but not limited to:
- Chemical safety under worst case conditions
- Physical safety and performance
- Technical assistance – expert assistance, every step of the way
- Target market label check
- International type approval – access global markets
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control
Blow Dryers
Makes no difference if your hair is blond, dark or ginger, straight or curly, if you use it at home or you own a salon, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Claim substantiation/benchmarking performance tests, including:
- Airborne acoustical noise
- Ease of handling
- Outlet air temperature
- Dry rate
- Product safety test, including:
- Safety and certification
- Protection against scalding/hot surfaces
- Drop/vibration
- Supply cord endurance
- Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
- IP test
- International type approval – access global markets
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control
Drills
Makes no difference if you are an amateur or a professional, if it’s a drill, impact driver or hammer drill, if you are building a patio deck or remodeling a home, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Product safety testing and certification, include but not limited to:
- Full evaluation of IEC/EN 60745-1, 60745-2-1, or latest standard IEC/EN 62841-1, 62841-2-1, etc.
- Safety certification: CB, CE-MD, GS, US NRTL, Australia RCM, etc.
- Battery safety: IEC 62133, UL 2054, UN 38.3, etc.
- International type approval
- EMC testing and certification
- Product performance:
- Testing and evaluation
- Customized testing schemes
- Performance marks
- Technical assistance – expert assistance, every step of the way
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control
- Product failure analysis test after sale
Lamps
Makes no difference if it's LED or fluorescent, if it's hanging from the ceiling or it stands on your bedside table, if it's to read a book or decorate your house, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Claim substantiation/benchmarking performance tests, including:
- Dimensions
- Lamp input
- Light output
- Color nomenclature, variation and rendering test
- Life
- Start time & run-up time
- Switching withstand
- Inrush current
- Flicker
- Low temperature and low supply voltage starting
- Product safety tests, including:
- Interchangeability
- Insulation resistance and electric strength after humidity treatment
- Mechanical strength
- Cap temperature rise
- Resistance to flame and ignition
- Fault conditions
- Creepage distances and clearances
- Abnormal operation
- Test conditions for dimmable lamps
- Photobiological safety
- Ingress protection
- International type approval – access global markets
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control
Vacuum Cleaners
Makes no difference if it's to clean carpet or a wooden floor, if you’ve got three more floors to vacuum or just a corner left, if your pet’s hair is the biggest culprit or just dust from your shoes, we offer a wide range of testing, certification, inspection services:
- Performance and Eco-design testing, including:
- Dust/fiber/debris pick up
- Dust mite/bacteria removal
- Robotic vacuums:
- Autonomous navigation/coverage
- Obstacle avoidance, threshold, transition, passible gap
- Life, hose flexibility, bump, switch endurance
- Filtration, dust re-emission, HEPA filtration test
- Dust bin volume
- Loss of suction
- Airborne acoustical noise
- Motion resistance
- Benchmarking/R&D/marketing claims
- Product safety testing, including:
- Product safety test and certification
- Battery cell and packaging
- Software evaluation/functional safety test
- Remote communication security and transmission failure
- Failure analysis
- Commercial vacuum cleaner for the collection of hazardous dusts – Class L/M/H
- International type approval – global market access
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control